Today is all about the Festival Express, a tour that took the Dead, the Band, Janis Joplin, and others across Canada by train in 1970. We're playing classic performances and hard-to-find jams from this legendary run of shows.

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Set 1:

Uncle John's Band Hard to Handle 

Set 2: 

The Band - The Weight Buddy Guy - Money Janis Joplin - Cry Baby

Set 3: 

Rick, Janis, Jerry, Bob - Ain't No More Cane Delaney, Jerry, Leslie - Blue Yodel #1  Ian, Sylvia, Jerry - CC Rider

Encore: 

New Speedway Boogie China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider